Mobile massage that benefits you through the healing power of touch and helping you escape reality one hour at a time
I can help ease pain, lessen stress / anxiety and assist your body on the healing path all through the palm of my hands!
As well, pioneering Infertility Massage to benefit the reproductive and digestive systems for women going through Infertility, PCOS, Endometriosis, IBS and other digestive issues.

Wouldn't you love to learn how to massage your partner for more then 5 minutes? Would you like to create more intimacy and touch in your relationship? I've been doing massage for over 13 years and some of the biggest complaints I hear from couples is that their partner doesn't massage long enough (on average about 5 minutes), that they press too hard and it hurts, or way too light and it's annoying.There is an easy solution to this problem: book your couples massage class! You will learn hands-on techniques to massage your partner in the comforts of your home. You will learn techniques for the quick and easy shoulder massages and how to massage without hurting your hands as well as massaging for longer then 5 minutes. In addition you will learn techniques that include how to massage your partner in a more intimate setting of a full-body massage (and yes you will be clothed while I'm there). Call now and book your time to create a better, new and intimate time for your and your partner.

Want to avoid the long, stress and cranky filled shopping lines? Get a massage gift certificate! Quick and easy with no lines to wait in. Plus I'll deliver it to you. I do accept all forms of payment, including credit card.

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Is massage part of your fitness and health goals? Massage is well-known to relieve every day stress, yet have you considered implementing it in your other health and fitness goals? With the new year gaining quickly, everyone re-evaluates their fitness goals and massage can work hand-in-hand with those goals from relieving the pain of overworked and sore muscles, joints and tendons to helping elevate your immunity to keep the usual cold weather sicknesses at bay.Scientific studies have shown that massage:

REDUCES INFLAMMATION: a study published in the Science Translational Medicine found that massage eases sore muscles after a tough workout. Just 10 minutes can reduce inflammation which helps your body recover.

REDUCES PAIN: Eight out of 10 people will experience debilitating back pain according to Time. According to a low back pain study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, after receive one massage a week for 10 weeks, 1 out of 3 patients improved and were pain free, compared to 1 in 25 given the "usual care".

BOOSTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: Multiple studies have linked the stress-busting massage to better functioning of the immune system. In one 2010 study, researchers found massage increased a person's disease-fighting white blood cells.

Meditation can remove stress and replace it with a dose of inner peace. It's one of the best told we have to balance our emotions, deal with physical pain and stress. Meditation has been practiced for thousand of years. Meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life. These days, meditation is commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction. However, it is also used for SO many other things such as to help stop smoking, stop cravings, lucid dreaming, dealing with cancer, asthma, anxiety issues, high blood pressure, depression and the list goes on and on.

When you meditation, you clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress. The emotional benefits of mediation can include gaining new perspective on stressful situations, building new skills to manage your stress, focusing on the present and not worrying on the future and reducing those pesky negative emotions.

11.24.2014

Create a Heavenly Healing retreat in the midst of your busy office environment, golf tournament or on-location movie, TV and commercial shoots. Studies have shown that massage improves creative thinking, relieves fatigue and stress and even increases immunity to colds and the flu (helping to eliminate sick days). Its' better then a cup of coffee!

Stress-related employee turnover, absenteeism and waning morale all affect the bottom line. Based on information from the American Institute of Stress and the American Psychological Association, job stress and related problems cost companies an estimated $200 billion or more annually. Relaxed workers are more likely to cooperate with each other and with your clients. In addition to lowering stress, massage lowers both anxiety and hostility, improving the work environment for everyone.

The number of companies that offer massage is growing every year. So, do such people-friendly policies result in higher revenues? You bet, says Fortune Magazine. In fact, Eddie Bauer, one of the Fortune Magazine's 100 best Companies to Work For, provides on-site massage twice a week at their corporate headquarters. Book yours now!

11.17.2014

HEAVENLY HEALING MASSAGE CLUB

Introductory offer to the first 20 people who sign up for a rate of $59.00/monthAfter introductory offer fills up, rate will go to $69.00/month

Most everybody takes their car to the mechanic for its’ regular tune-ups for prevention, yet as people we don’t do the preventative maintenance for ourselves. We are a go, go, go society… we don’t take the time for ourselves and our health until it becomes an issue and you have to take time for your sickness. Instead, take the time now to set yourself up for less stress, pain relief, better health, improving your moods and to be happier in your daily life.

Quite putting it off until you are in desperate pain!

What You Receive:

Six (6) months of one-hour massages per month (Six (6) massages total. Must be used within one (9) months from date of purchase)

Preset appointments set up six months in advance

We all know once we make an appointment for something, we commit to it

11.10.2014

Way back when, when I was in high school and played sports the school's athletic trainer's famous words were "Ice it." No matter what the injury was, he always just said ice it. It became a running joke with everyone who played sports. Fast forward 30 years later (damn :/) and things have changed. So much more has been learned about the body, about ice and heat for the muscles. Here is a great article on the old-school RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) method versus the new-school MEAT (Movement, Exercise, Analgesics, Treatment) method. A side note: Did you know you could get frostbite from icing an injury? Or that if you leave ice or heat on the body for longer then the recommended 15-20 minute time period it can counter-effect the injury and actually make it worse? Food for thought. Read a lot more information here.

Santa Clarita Massage Therapist Helps Boost Population

Infertility plagues more than 90 million couples worldwide. Issues can affect both men and women, although the focus seems mainly to be on female infertility, which makes up 40 percent of all infertility cases.

The pain of not being able to conceive a child can be heart wrenching. So much so in fact, that people are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars on getting pregnant. In-vitro fertilization alone can cost over $15,000-$20,000 for each procedure, and there are no guarantees. Many hopeful couples try it more than once.

Strides to combat infertility are being made in all areas of medical science. Alternative wellness modalities also offer treatments. One up and-coming procedure, Infertility Massage (IM), is boosting the population right
here in Santa Clarita.

Massage therapist, Diane Stacy of Heavenly Healing Mobile Massage, uses the process of a specialized massage, Infertility Massage (IM) to help her clients achieve optimum reproductive health; deal with menstrual issues and increase fertility. IM is a form of massage that affects several organs: the Fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, stomach, liver and intestines. IBS sufferers can also benefit from it.

When performing this special technique on her clients, Diane Stacy uses IM to help break up scar tissue and clear blocked Fallopian tubes, opening the pathway between the ovaries and uterus. As in other forms of massage, IM increases blood flow, oxygen and circulation in the body, and especially in the reproductive organs.

Even if her clients are not dealing specifically with infertility, Diane Stacy, who sees people all over the LA area, says that IM also helps her clients with cysts, endometriosis and PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome).

For more information about Infertility Massage and other health benefits of massage, you may reach Diane Stacy at 661-803-1952.

10.29.2014

Ahh, Halloween one of my favorite holidays! Though I can't stand scary movies (just the music from the Exorcist creeps me out and I change the channel immediately), I do love the fun, crazy, creative decorations and costumes that go with it. Have you ever been to Halloween on Hollywood Blvd? That that is this holiday on steroids and the costumes range from store-bought to looking like a prop costume from a movie. Simply astounding!

So how does massage correlate with Halloween, you ask? Well, since Halloween means trick-or-treating with the kids, or standing up at parties for long periods of time, it also means that your feet will be sore from walking and standing so much. In additions, for you parents, that your lower back, shoulders and arms will be stiff and sore from picking put the kids, holding the bag of goodies and bending over a lot to fix costumes and pick up the things they drop. So are you ready to set up your Halloween Rescue Massage?

6.28.2011

As the previous blog post stated, stress can and will have some serious side-effects to your life. Nobody ever wants to be sick, so you need to find ways to avoid these stress-related illnesses. Of course, there will be times that a sickness such as maybe a cold will happen, the more you do to prevent it, the more time you'll have for your life.

There is not one single solution to reducing stress, yet a multitude of ways. Of course, you know I'm a huge proponent of massage and I will do whatever I can to promote it. Massage will decrease stress and increase your immune system and the more often you have a massage the better it will be for your health. Even if you can just do once a month, that is better then none! Think about it this way, you take your car to get it's oil changed every 3,000 miles or so, you need to do the same with your body... get your monthly tune-up.

There are other stress management things you can do. As another previous post stated, Take a Cigarette Break. Taking breaks during your workday can decrease stress and increase productivity. Another thing is to find something that you enjoy and do it! Find the time for you. More de-stressing tips are:

Walk

Laugh

Yoga

Have more fun

Increase physical activity

Talk things out with family, friends or even a therapist

Get plenty of rest, relaxation and sleep

Make time for hobbies

Take a bath and relax

Read a book

I hope you take the time for you and find out what you can do on a daily basis to help reduce your stress. Part of it really is making yourself a priority and not everyone else.

6.23.2011

Experts estimate that 80-90% of disease is stress related. Though stress starts as emotional, such as pressures from work or family and instant stresses such as car accidents, it often can turn into physical issues. Stress can affect the body by raising your heartbeat, headaches, upset stomach, diarrhea, and lower your immune system. According to webmd.com, stress is linked to high blood pressure, abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia), blood clots, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, heart attack and heart failure, neck, shoulder, low back pain, pain menstrual periods, low fertility, erection problems, feeling cranky, frustrated and tired to name many of the physical issues. As you can see, ignoring stress, not dealing with it and finding ways to release your stress will make you sick! Maybe you might not notice it right away, yet eventually stress will get your attention when you are in the doctors office finding out what is wrong.

6.21.2011

Take a cigarette break? What the heck am I talking about? You thought I was all about health and goodness, etc. Well I don't mean to actually take a break and go smoke a cigarette, what I do mean is to take a break. Before doing massage, I worked in a variety of manufacturing offices and the people who smoked where constantly taking breaks. So now that I do massage and promote taking time to re-charge, the people who took those cigarette breaks mostly had the right idea.

Though obviously I am NOT going to promote smoking, I do promote taking breaks during the workday. So many of us sit at our computer hour after hour after hour and before we realize it we haven't gotten off our butts for four, five maybe six hours or more. Sitting for such long periods is both not good for our bodies as well as our minds. You hear about when you travel that you should get up and walk around every hour or so. The same thing applies to the workday. Get up! Walk around! Even just getting up and walking away from your desk for as little as 3-5 minutes will circulate your blood through your body and give you those few minutes to re-charge your brain. This especially good when you are facing a problem that you just don't know what to do about. Taking those few minutes to not think about it, can give your subconscious mind the time to circulate the problem and hopefully give you an answer when you come back to it.

Though this might seem to be a contradiction to you, you can be more productive when you take more breaks. So again, though I am not promoting cigarette use, I am promoting taking as many breaks (or more) as the people in your office who smoke. I will end with this quote from Dr. Joyce Brothers, Psychologist and advice columnist: "No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least 5 minutes every hour, you'd be more productive."

6.08.2011

Wow, it has been quite some time since I've written a blog! Now that I am, what better thing to write about then the new aspect of my massage therapy practice: Infertility Massage. Originally titled Fertility Massage, yet I have decided to change it to Infertility as that really is what is happening.

Infertility Massage (or IM for short on this blog) is a specialized massage working with both the reproductive and digestive systems of the body. Some of the benefits of IM are:

Helps to restore the uterus to its normal position and shape if it has become tilted

Helps restore the uterus to its normal position if it has been compressed by overloaded intestines

As many of you who might be reading this know, many women and couples will do anything to achieve their ultimate, life-time goal of being parents. I'm sure many people know someone who have tried for years to get pregnant and either go with in-vitro fertilization (IFV), adoption or just finally give up after years of emotional heartache. Infertility Massage can be an alternative to, prior or during IVF treatment. However, IM is at a significantly lower cost, as well as having some of the great health benefits as listed above.

Statistics, statistics, statistics. Most people want to know, will this work? Of course I can't promise 100%, yet here are two studies for you to see the promise:Medscape General Medicine Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, 6/18/04 reviewed the outcome of infertile women and divided them into two groups: natural fertility and pre-IVF. Women in both groups received therapy to their abdominal/pelvic area. Of the natural fertility group, of the 14 patients available for follow-up, 71% became pregnant within one year. Of the IVF group 22 of 33 embryo transfers were successful, which is significantly higher than the estimated odds ratio for successful pregnancies.

Alternative Therapies, Jan/Feb 2008, Vol 14, No 1 studied the impact of pelvic physical therapy for blocked fallopian tubes. 28 infertile women who had been diagnosed with complete tubal occlusion were give 20 hours of manual physical therapy treatment. One month later, the women were tested to determine the status of the blockages. Seventeen of the 28 patients (61%) showed that the tubal blockages had been released. Nine of the 17 women went on to become pregnant. The study concluded that because "truly occluded tubes are not known to reopen spontaneously, the results suggest this non-invasive therapy might be considered as adjuvant to standard gynecological procedures in treating tubal occlusion."

3.01.2011

Most of my blogs talk about pain relief and ways to help your body. I realized I've never really blogged about the variety of things I've done besides just massage. I started out doing massage going on 9 years ago this year. It's been lots of fun and I love what I do! I've been able to help people heal, help people get rid of headaches, migraines, various body pain and help people lower their stress. Such a blessing and joy!

Besides massage, I've also done quiet a few other things. Some of it is a bit out there and what I jokingly call the woo woo stuff as many people have that scientific/non-belief mind to where they won't believe me of the things I've done and seen. With massage, I've been fortunate to massage many, many types of bodies. Anything from the personal trainers, fit fireman, stroke victims with half body paralysis to largely overweight clients and everything in between. Honestly, I don't care what you're body looks like when I massage you, I just want to do my best and make you feel fantastic and amazing! I have also massaged animals. I've worked on dogs, cats and even a horse. It's amazing how receptive and in tune animals are to massage!

Some of the other things that I have done and worked with are flower essences, energy work, auras, homeopathic and natural medicine. This is where the woo woo stuff comes in. I have seen peoples auras, I have seen spirits or ghosts and I have worked with peoples unseen body energy and helping them heal a physical issue. Ya, I know some of you are thinking you can't see ghosts or auras. Yet, I don't really care whether you believe me or not, I know what I have seen and I can give you detailed descriptions of them. I can tell you about the plaid shirt one spirit wore, or the orange and bright purple aura's I've seen. I've used and have helped people find the right remedies for flower essences. These are (literally) the essences of flowers and plants that you take to help you deal with all kinds of emotional issues that we all go through. Though I am nowhere near a homeopathic doctor or natural homeopath, I have studied a lot about about natural medicine and try to help clients with conditions and what I think might help them, or refer them to the right people. So now you know a little bit more about me and the other that I work with and maybe could help you with.

Pelvic Tilts
This exercise gently moves the spine and stretches the lower back. Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Slowly tighten your stomach muscles and press your lower back against the floor. Hold for 10 seconds (do not hold your breath). Slowly relax.

Walk
Take short walk (three to five minutes) on a level surface (no inclines) every three hours. Walk only distances you can manage without pain, especially leg pain.

1.24.2011

(This is the final and part 4 of my personal and crazy experience of receiving a massage at one of the so, so many cheap foot reflexology businesses)

I was afraid to look at my friend and when I finally did, she looked straight at me and said “I hate you!” One of the complaints I hear from people is how they’ve been hurt during a massage and my friend was hurt! As I said in a previous post, she does like a deeper massage. However there is a difference between a deep massage and just being hurt during the process. I couldn’t even count how many times she told her guy that it was too hard, or he was hurting her. And after when we went to lunch, her neck was in pain! Her range of motion in turning her head became limited to where she could only turn her head ¼ of the way she usually could. Definitely not good for her or for return business!

I hope this doesn’t come across as just “bashing a competitor.” My intent on going was to see what they are doing that is different then me, what could I learn and why are people going there, besides just the cheap cost of it. I didn’t even intend to write about. Yet after the ridiculousness of it how could I not blog about! I’m still shaking my head and laughing over it! And I’m pretty sure if I did not have someone else with me to confirm this oddity of a massage, no one would believe it. I’ve had some really good massages and some not so good massages. Usually the not so good are the pressure is so light it’s basically a skin massage, body parts have been skipped as in not massaging my head or face, skipped out on time as they rush through my body, etc. However, again this was the most strange, oddest, absurd and nonsensical massage I have ever received and I really do not understand why someone would continue to go back to this business. So in the end, if you want a cheap massage, you’ll get a cheap massage. Me personally, I’d rather pay the cost for a great massage. It goes back to the old saying …. “You get what you pay for.”

1.20.2011

(This is finally Part 3 of my personal and crazy experience of receiving a massage at one of the so, so many cheap foot reflexology businesses)

Instead of going into so much more detail let me just highlight a few more things.When I was face up and he was massaging my face and head, he stuck his fingers inside my ears.No not massaged my ears, literally stuck his fingers in the hole of my ear!Many friends have asked if he gave me a wet Willie, lol.Minus the wet part, yes!How odd is that?My left ear bugged me for a week!Why would you stick your fingers in someone’s ear???He took my eyebrows and pulled them out. Literally grabbed the eyebrows and pulled them straight up. And an embarrassing thing, he took my back fat and pulled on it, grabbing it between his hands and squeezing.For the most part I’m very comfortable in my body and who I am, however this definitely made so not comfortable with myself!I had various parts of my body just unusually smacked such as the tops (backside) of my hands, my triceps, my butt, and my feet.My guy had a bracelet on that I would both hear move around and scratch me at times and my friends guy chewed gum the whole time to which I could hear him (I so hate the sound of chewing!).After the ‘massage’ and uncomfortableness and many, many, many times asking myself WHY is he doing the weird things he’s doing, I was glad it was finally over and all I could do was laugh.

12.21.2010

(This is Part 2 of my personal and crazy experience of receiving a massage at one of the so, so many cheap foot reflexology businesses)

My fear at first was that this place might not be quite legitimate in actually doing massages and when I first walked in I thought oh no it’s not!There was a man sitting there shirtless and I couldn’t see below his waist at first and I thought my friend is going to kill me for taking her here and also so glad I’m not alone walking into this.Well, I quickly realized after a more steps inside that he was only shirtless. Thank goodness.So there was the beginning of the weirdness for the next hour of our lives.Unlike a regular massage, you start off by sitting straight up on the ottoman while they massage your neck, back and shoulders. And, yes we are fully dressed. However, they do work under your clothes at times which really did make me feel uncomfortable.When I normally get a massage I am completely undressed and (usually) am very okay and comfortable with the nakedness aspect of massage.Yet, when this man would move my bra straps up and down my arm and shoulder to work around them that’s when I felt uncomfortable.I will preface to say that during the time of the massage with bra moving and the butt slapping I wouldn’t’ say anything ever felt like he crossed a line and it was sexual.So anyways, it was a little strange and I just tried to think everyone works differently and I’ll just let it go of my not so comfortable level with this. After all, for me this really is research.I did really go in with an open mind with the thought to see what they are doing differently then me and what I might be able to learn from them.I learned laughter is a good thing!

For the most part, the massage on the shoulders felt good. Overall, my guy did have good pressure during the most of the massage. But some of the odd things he did were when he pulled both my arms straight up in a stretch and then started slapping the triceps, not consistently, just a slap here and there.So after the shoulders, slash arm slaps, you lay down on the over sized chair on your back. I forgot to mention that my feet had been soaking in a warm water tub.So then they massage your feet and I thought oh this should be good, after all it is a foot reflexology business.Ya, well he probably spent only 2-3 minutes on my feet with a majority of that time rubbing (and I mean rubbing) just the tip of my big toe.I guess I thought it would be more massaged instead of just rubbed.I did hear my friend say that it was a little too hard on her feet (and she loves her feet massaged). During her whole massage, her guy did not have good pressure, his was mostly painful as I heard her tell him over and over it was too hard. Then simply they work their way up the legs, arms and then face and head.In between the massage part is when they do what is called percussion.I would gather most massage therapists know how to do it, some may use it.Personally, it is something I find rather annoying.And for this massage it was definitely annoying, especially when it just felt like he was slapping my body around.Another one of the other weird things he did was when he massaged my fingers and toes are he popped his fingers off of mine.I don’t mean he popped my fingers, I mean he squeezed the tips of my fingers and somehow made a popping (snapping?) sound with his fingers and it just plain hurt.Again, during the massage I would hear my friend either laugh or tell the guy he was hurting her.Part of her laughter I'm sure was just due to the nervous uncomfortableness she felt.As her guy would slap her around he would giggle.As she said, “he kept giggling at my ass shaking so much”. Ya, hearing your 'massage therapist' laugh for no apparent reason as you are receiving a massage can make you become really self-conscious!